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On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 05:13:35PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> You know I've been working on this for almost 2 fulltime months

I don't, and I don't care to be honest.  Figuring out what do
do about the userspace API/ABI should be your first priority,
and you should have discussed this on the linux-api list where
I didn't see anything about this driver.

We have a general stance to fix userspace APIs/ABIs before inclusion,
and in the few cases where we did it turned into a giant trainwreck.
The prime example is the Android binder, which has been a giant mess.
And that's something a lot more important than a weird hobbyist
hypersvior.